You can use the wanderer set until you get dragon form. I suggest staying in the path of the dragon so you can get the most out of your roar. (I believe after 80 scales the damage bonus becomes 35% and the roar has a noticable range increase, I dont know if there is duration boost) when not invading through the dragon covenant use cracked red eye orbs. If you leave the path of the dragon the bonus resets.